I am 63, still playing a lot of seniors tournaments and think that this advice is "pure gold". Thank you. Moving "clever" can be so much better than simply moving "fast". Position is everything.
This is a great video! Really interesting! Being intelligent is to have the capacity to predict the future. I’m 40 and my resources are “limited” by my age, so I try to play smart and use the position in the court (my own and my rivals too) to be efficient in my movements and avoid running a lot by predicting what is going to happen next and cover the court accordingly
I'm 52 and have gone through many ankle injuries, so I'm now much slower on court, and do often transition in 2 phases instead of 1. Even if I agree with the stepping forward and the power coming mostly from the legs, I would say that you're presenting an ideal case, where it's possible to play a mid-high volley 4 to 5m away from the net. Which I find rare. So these advices, even if justified, should not come without the more common case: how to prepare / how to play / where to aim at a good defensive semi-volley or low volley, which will keep you safe and be appropriate for the 2nd half of the transition. BR
This applies also for vollying for lower. The thing is, then you need legs even more. If the ball is lower that it bounces before you, then you take it as a half volley. Unless you play very high level, you should be able to transition with one shot (not of course always) many times. How to achieve this? Play the transition or overhead slower so you have more time or if transitioning from the back watch our tutorial of the position after an overhead
At which level would you start applying this? I feel like this needs some good technique before doing it? I am playing at a lower level and i don't have to use this method yet. How would you drill/train this?
Hi, do you have any tips or advice on making sure you are 100% ready at the start of the game? That you are focussed, a bit pumped, to make sure you are ready to give everything you have in the game? We notice that when we go in with the mentality "don't make any mistakes", that we actually play very conservative and even very passive, slow. Also during warmup, we experience that we are not active enough, maybe not 100% concentrated. And we bring this into our game, leading to being 'too late', not moving enough, ... Thanks,
For us is the time you spent on court rallying. You have to do rally training a lot to get comfortable with the pace you trust and you can use in a game. Also training with a moderate speed from the basket is another thing. But basically you need to train the way you play.
I am 63, still playing a lot of seniors tournaments and think that this advice is "pure gold". Thank you. Moving "clever" can be so much better than simply moving "fast". Position is everything.
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This is a great video! Really interesting!
Being intelligent is to have the capacity to predict the future. I’m 40 and my resources are “limited” by my age, so I try to play smart and use the position in the court (my own and my rivals too) to be efficient in my movements and avoid running a lot by predicting what is going to happen next and cover the court accordingly
Very good 👍🏻
Sandy just caught a stray with that whole no man’s land business 😅
Isn't a stray a 2nd intention victim only 😂? Anyway, Sandy's still absof*#&glutely excellent !
I'm 52 and have gone through many ankle injuries, so I'm now much slower on court, and do often transition in 2 phases instead of 1. Even if I agree with the stepping forward and the power coming mostly from the legs, I would say that you're presenting an ideal case, where it's possible to play a mid-high volley 4 to 5m away from the net. Which I find rare. So these advices, even if justified, should not come without the more common case: how to prepare / how to play / where to aim at a good defensive semi-volley or low volley, which will keep you safe and be appropriate for the 2nd half of the transition. BR
This applies also for vollying for lower. The thing is, then you need legs even more. If the ball is lower that it bounces before you, then you take it as a half volley.
Unless you play very high level, you should be able to transition with one shot (not of course always) many times. How to achieve this? Play the transition or overhead slower so you have more time or if transitioning from the back watch our tutorial of the position after an overhead
It's a transition area, period, not silly "no man's land" i always disliked this expression😮. Very good, coach Gabo 👏
At which level would you start applying this? I feel like this needs some good technique before doing it?
I am playing at a lower level and i don't have to use this method yet.
How would you drill/train this?
You should start using it as soon as you learn it. You can check our videos about transitions to see how to drill it
Hi,
do you have any tips or advice on making sure you are 100% ready at the start of the game?
That you are focussed, a bit pumped, to make sure you are ready to give everything you have in the game?
We notice that when we go in with the mentality "don't make any mistakes", that we actually play very conservative and even very passive, slow.
Also during warmup, we experience that we are not active enough, maybe not 100% concentrated.
And we bring this into our game, leading to being 'too late', not moving enough, ...
Thanks,
For us is the time you spent on court rallying. You have to do rally training a lot to get comfortable with the pace you trust and you can use in a game. Also training with a moderate speed from the basket is another thing. But basically you need to train the way you play.